Table 5. Cu, Cr, Zn, and Fe contents (mg/kg) in rhizosphere of wheat grown in rainfed conditions.
Treatments | Cu (S) | Cu (T) | Cr (S) | Cr (T) | Zn (S) | Zn (T) | Fe (S) | Fe (T) |
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T1 | 0.025c (±0.002) | 0.034d (±0.004) | 0.042d (±0.001) | 0.038c (±0.002) | 0.039d (±0.001) | 0.039d (±0.003) | 5.7c (±0.045) | 5.51c (±0.16) |
T2 | 0.016d (±0.001) | 0.025e (±0.002) | 0.031e (±0.002) | 0.024d (±0.0009) | 0.022e (±0.003) | 0.022e (±0.001) | 3.22e (±0.12) | 3.21e (±0.0087) |
T3 | 0.054b (±0.004) | 0.046bc (±0.003) | 0.075b (±0.004) | 0.042bc (±0.003) | 0.098b (±0.008) | 0.09b (±0.008) | 6.12a (±0.19) | 6.45a (±0.42) |
T4 | 0.078a (±0.006) | 0.062a (±0.003) | 0.084a (±0.006) | 0.077a (±0.005) | 0.123a (±0.008) | 0.138a (±0.007) | 5.97ab (±0.21) | 5.97ab (±0.33) |
T5 | 0.053b (±0.002) | 0.051b (±0.003) | 0.059c (±0.004) | 0.046b (±0.004) | 0.082c (±0.007) | 0.079c (±0.005) | 4.26d (±0.34) | 4.04d (±0.18) |
T1-Irrigated control, T2-Untreated plants grown under rainfed conditions, T3-Coinouclation of P. chinense and B. cereus, T4-Consortium of PGPR and SA, T5-SA only. Different letter shows that the difference is statistically significant (P < 0.05) within treatments and ± represents standard error values.